Babelfish: The SQL Server Killer?
Babelfish for PostgreSQL is an open-source project that calls itself a drop-in replacement for SQL Server. The idea behind it is simple: set up a PostgreSQL database with the Babelfish extension and it magically starts acting like SQL Server - accepting connections and commands from applications built for SQL Server, and maybe even saving you from those hefty licensing costs. In this session, we’ll put that claim to the test. We’ll introduce Babelfish, install it, and use it as the target database for an application originally designed for SQL Server. If Babelfish really delivers, what does that mean for SQL Server developers and DBAs? Could this be the nail in the coffin for SQL Server?
Speaker
Gianluca Sartori
@spaghettidba
Gianluca Sartori is a Data Platform MVP, independent consultant and performance tuning specialist. He has been working in the software industry since 1999 and has been working with SQL Server ever since. He also works as a SQL Server trainer and in his spare time he writes technical articles and participates the SQL Server forums. Gianluca enjoys presenting SQL Server topics at conferences in Europe and US. He is currently working as lead DBA at a famous Formula 1 team.... read more